Overview
- This book is open access.
- Provides an in-depth study on parenting in Poland.
- Analyses parenting within the institutional context of post-communistic welfarism.
- Links individual to institutional factors in studying parenting
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Sociology (BRIEFSSOCY)
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The open access book provides a critical account of parenthood in Polish society. It uses a qualitative perspective to show how mothers and fathers engage with parenthood and also function in the labour market. Parenting in contemporary Poland is not only affected by individual preferences and choices, but significantly by the institutional context, in particular the family policy system, as well as socio-cultural norms of how men and women should fulfill parental roles. The author distinguishes between different kinds of work done in connection to parenthood and shows how the existing institutional system reinforces gender and other forms of social inequalities even in a post-communist state like Poland. The author demonstrates that Polish society has different expectations and institutional norms related to work and gender norms compared to those in long-standing democracies in Europe and elsewhere. The book also shows that the experiences of parenthood in Poland are different between men and women, between single and coupled parents, and based on economic and other resources. This book is of interest to social science students and researchers of family studies, parenting, sociology of work, and social structure in post-communist societies.
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Book Title: Parenting and Work in Poland
Book Subtitle: A Gender Studies Perspective
Authors: Katarzyna Suwada
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Sociology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66303-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-66302-5Published: 08 January 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-66303-2Published: 07 January 2021
Series ISSN: 2212-6368
Series E-ISSN: 2212-6376
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 107
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Gender Studies, Sociology of Work, Social Theory